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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:408-409
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Digital Recording of Operations

Faisal H. Cheema, MD, David L. Colman, BA, Timothy P. Martens, MD, Veli K. Topkara, MD

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University—New York Presbyterian Hospital, Milstein Hospital Building, 7 Garden North Room 435, 177 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032-3784

(Email: fc2020@columbia.edu).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

The technical aspects of the digital recording of operations were quite elegantly described by Kanani and colleagues [1] and its significance was described by Gold [2]. However, the practical aspects remain unclear, and they will have to be addressed before this modality is used on a routine basis.

We will be interested in the authors' comments regarding the following concerns: (a) Consent — in this study, a few families declined to consent for video capturing. Will there be a need for such consent in the future, considering this modality is being proposed as an essential component of electronic patient record . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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